The Banquet of the Winding Wine ends with one nobleman falling asleep warm in his bed. But when he wakes, he’s shackled as a prisoner in the Northern Domain of Tealspire, feared by all as an archfiend! And he’s not the only one who’s just woken up. From fan-favorite danmei author, Mu Su Li, author of Copper Coins: Tong Qian Kan Shi—also available from Seven Seas!Floating above the Boundless Sea is Tealspire—a towering, thirty-three-story prison built to contain fiends, where the damned are forgotten and demons waste away. At its summit, Wu Xingxue awakens with blood on his hands, chains at his feet, and no memory of how he arrived. The life he once led as a nobleman of Magpie Haven is gone, replaced by confinement and confusion.
Disoriented and stripped of everything, Wu Xingxue is no longer a pampered aristocrat—he’s an archfiend. But fate has other plans. His awakening stirs the legendary Tianxiu Immortal, Xiao Fuxuan: a cold, enigmatic figure with the word
mian etched into his neck, wielding a power steeped in divine judgment.
As Tealspire begins to collapse around them, the two must forge a reluctant alliance to survive its fall—and face whatever awaits below. Yet the mysteries only deepen. Why did Tealspire fall? What became of Wu Xingxue’s former life? And who, truly, is the Tianxiu Immortal?
The Banquet of the Winding Wine ends with one nobleman falling asleep warm in his bed. But when he wakes, he’s shackled as a prisoner in the Northern Domain of Tealspire, feared by all as an archfiend! And he’s not the only one who’s just woken up. From fan-favorite danmei author, Mu Su Li, author of Copper Coins: Tong Qian Kan Shi—also available from Seven Seas!
Floating on the Boundless Sea is an impenetrable prison thirty-three stories tall where the damned rot and demons perish: the Northern Domain of Tealspire. It’s at the very top of the spire that Wu Xingxue has just awakened on a dead tree in the middle of a deep, blue lake, rinsing strange blood off his hands. Nearby, he hears the sound of metal clanging. Not only is he disoriented after a night of revelry and ambrosia, but he’s now an archfiend shackled in chains?! Clearly, he is no longer living a life of luxury as a nobleman in Magpie Haven.
Yet it’s not all bad news for this bewildered demon. With a stroke of luck, his awakening rouses the legendary Tianxiu Immortal, Xiao Fuxuan—a mysterious being who has the power to levy justice, all while bearing the word “absolution” upon his neck. It’s in the nick of time too, as they must team up to escape as Tealspire crumbles around them.
Still, the mysteries don’t stop there. The two must uncover why Tealspire collapsed, what happened to Wu Xingxue’s former life in Magpie Haven, how he woke up as archfiend, and just who the Tianxiu Immortal, Xiao Fuxuan, really is.
Interwoven with Mu Su Li's signature humor, this genre-defying tale dives deep into the nature of good versus evil—and will make you believe in a love that can last forever!
